AI / Machine Learning
AI and machine learning releases, model launches, research announcements, and major tech breakthroughs.
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ACML 2026 — 18th Asian Conference on Machine Learning
The 18th Asian Conference on Machine Learning, a leading international forum for researchers in machine learning and related fields to share new ideas, progress and achievements.
OpenAI Removes gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5 and chatgpt-image-latest from the API
Older GPT Image models are removed from the OpenAI API; replacements are gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026
The 19th ACM SIGGRAPH conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques in Asia, covering AI-driven rendering, generative content and real-time graphics research.
NeurIPS 2026
Neural Information Processing Systems conference.
Humanoids 2026 — IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
25th IEEE-RAS conference on humanoid robotics: panels, hackathons, workshops and main program.
AI Engineer Sydney 2026
AI Engineer Sydney (AIEi, by Web Directions), December 7-8, 2026 at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney.
GITEX Global 2026
The world's largest tech and AI expo returns to Dubai at its new Expo City venue, spotlighting AI, agentic systems, and emerging technology.
AI Summit New York 2026
The AI Summit New York at Javits Center, featuring enterprise AI leaders, product demos, and networking across commercial AI applications.
Microsoft Foundry Retires gpt-4o (2024-05-13), Auto-Upgrade to gpt-5.6-sol
The original gpt-4o version retires in Azure OpenAI; Standard deployments are automatically upgraded to gpt-5.6-sol.
OpenAI Removes Original GPT-5 and o3 Snapshots from the API
gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano, gpt-5-pro, o3 and o3-pro snapshots are removed from the OpenAI API; replacements are the GPT-5.6 family.
IEEE SLT 2026 — Spoken Language Technology Workshop
IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop on speech and language AI, December 13-16 in Palermo, Sicily.
ACCV 2026 — Asian Conference on Computer Vision
Asian Conference on Computer Vision 2026, December 14-18 in Osaka, Japan.
IEEE Big Data 2026
The IEEE International Conference on Big Data, a premier global forum for big data and ML research, held in Phoenix, Arizona.
ACM Multimedia Asia 2026 (MMAsia 2026)
ACM conference on multimedia and multimodal AI research in the Asia-Pacific region.
Microsoft Foundry Retires tts and tts-hd
The legacy tts and tts-hd (001) text-to-speech models are retired from Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry.
MMM 2027 — International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling
Conference on multimedia modeling, retrieval and multimodal AI.
WACV 2027 — IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision
Premier international computer vision event comprising the main conference and co-located workshops and tutorials at Disney Springs.
HICSS 2027 — Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
60th HICSS, with tracks on AI, machine learning and digital systems. Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island.
OpenAI Removes Legacy Text-to-Speech Models from the API
Deprecated OpenAI text-to-speech models are removed from the API; developers are directed to gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
CES 2027
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the world's largest tech event showcasing AI, robotics and emerging hardware.